Es kommt alle Tage vor...(1930)

The Racket(en)

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

The Kid(en)

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

Au pays des lits clos(fr)

The men of a fishing village rescue a young men from a burning ship. He is the sole survivor. Having lost his memory, he stays in the village, and he is especially helped by a young woman, Annaick, who starts to fall in love with him.

A Drama of the Air(fr)

An aging engineer pursues a scheme to build a flying machine at the expense of his family's health. When his daughter falls ill, he enters a flying competition to win money for her treatment, even though his design is dangerously untested.

People on Sunday(de)

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

The Passion of Joan of Arc(fr)

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

The Blackguard(de)

A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..

A Daughter of the Law(en)

A city girl revenuer spies on illegal whiskey making in the hills.

The Aerial(es)

An entire city has lost its voice. Mr. TV, the owner of the city's only television channel, is carrying out a sinister plan to control all of the city's inhabitants.

The Assassination of the Duke de Guise(fr)

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

The Prodigal Son(fr)

The first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, running 90 minutes. Directed by Michel Carré, from his own three-act stage pantomime, The Prodigal Son. The film was basically an unmodified filmed record of his play. Filmed at the Gaumont Film Company studios in May 1907.

Tradeoff(en)

A college student heads to the forest to exchange an item for a special item he desires. But once he arrives, the deal changes which leads to violence.

Faust(de)

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

The Victory of Love(sv)

Farm girl Olga Ström is seduced by the Hans Brandt, who soon abandons her, even though she carries their child.

The Heart of a Siren(en)

This silent drama's story is based on the Broadway play Hail and Farewell by William Hurlbut.

The Enemy(en)

Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.

Love's Places - Plätze der Liebe(en)

Silent film about five girls, dealing with the dream of beauty, despair of revolution, broken Gretchen love, absurd self-discovery, and on the heels of Dürer's Melancholia, the future and a massacre vision.

Der Meineidbauer(de)

The Farmer Forsworn(de)

Long Live the King(en)

A young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king dies, and when the prince does not appear, the people begin to rise in revolution. When the crown prince finally hears the death knell for the late king he immediately attempts to return to the palace, however is abducted by revolutionaries and held captive. Will he be rescued in time to restore order?